Author(s): Maurizio De Giovanni

Crime and Thrillers

In a luxurious apartment on the Mergellina beach lie the bodies of a fascist militia officer and his wife. A statue of San Giuseppe, patron saint of workers, lies smashed on the floor near their bodies. Commissario Ricciardi, who possesses the dubious gift of being able to see and hear the last seconds in the lives of those who've suffered a violent death, listens to the enigmatic last words of the pair. Accompanied by his faithful partner, Brigadier Raffaele Maione, and distracted by the two women who vie for his attention, Ricciardi will have to search Naples for the truth